By Lefteris Moutis/ moutis@eurohoops.net
For third consecutive time, the betting tips were successful, while in the second week of the Euroleague 3/5 tips were right having 10/15 tips in total since the start of the season.
The game in Malaga between two Euroleague team is expected to be unpredictable, but the hosts are expected to control the game. So, the tempo is expected to be low and Laboral will not manage to score a lot, in case that will not have a good 3point percentage. The limit of the 152,5 points is low for a Liga Endesa’s game but both of them will not score more.
Valencia is in an excellent shape having four wins in four games and seems to have a quality team that can beat Estudiantes easily with a bigger margin than 8,5 points. The “students” suffered two heavy losses so far by Laboral and Manresa.
CSKA scored 100+ in its last three games against Maccabi, Khimki and Sassari. However, Nizhny, hasn’t the same talent in the offense like last year and it will be hard for Itoudis’ players to keep this rythm in every game. So, probably the total points will not be more than 167,5 points. In any case that happened only once in Nizhny’s six games.
Regio Emilia is in excellent shape, as soon as lost by Alba for first time in the season after six straight wins. Its full roster by experienced players can make the difference in Capo d’ Orlando’s home, which has a competitive team but with not so high quality.
Finally, after its defeat in Vitoria, Olympiacos hosts Arkadikos, one of the weakest teams in the Greek league. Sfairopoulos will focus again in the defense, the visitors don;t have talent in the offense and both teams will not score more than 150,5 points.
Eurohoops’ tips
Capo D’Orlando (+5,5)-R. Emilia 2
@Coral 1.91
Unicaja-Laboral Under 152,5 points
@BetShop 1.95
Estudiantes (+8,5)-Valencia 2
@Bet365 1.90
Nizhny-CSKA Under 167,5 points
@Unibet 1.91
Olympiacos-Arkadikos Under 150,5 points
@Sportingbet 1.87